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Farm and Family

UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
Henry County farmers and homeowners will have several opportunities over the next couple of months to learn about many agriculture enterprises, including forages, beef cattle, bees, turf care, grain crops, tobacco and poultry.
Also on the agenda is a series for new and beginning farmers, particularly those with small acreages.
It is the season, during our cold winter months, when many organizations and commodity groups have their annual conferences and the Extension Service has producer meetings.

With state road fund revenue expected to decline markedly in 2015, Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) is placing a priority on working with the General Assembly to ensure adequate funding is available to maintain rural roads.

A new year always brings its share of resolutions aimed to improve our health, body and mind.

As a caregiver, the most important resolution you can make is to take time for yourself. When you take care of yourself, you will be healthier, have more energy and enthusiasm to keep on caregiving and feel better about yourself overall.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve passed along some of the History of the Henry County Extension Service, as we can recall it through the photos and records at the office. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading about it and seeing some of the photos.

Have you ever donated blood?
Here is some information from our UK Health Specialist that may encourage you to donate. The American Red Cross, the largest blood collection organization in the United States works across the nation to collect blood to help others in need. Every year about 9.2 million people donate blood. It is estimated that about 20 percent of those volunteers are donating for the first time.

The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 provided for the Cooperative Extension Service across the United States. While some counties developed their County Extension Service earlier, Henry County’s first County Extension Agent was hired in 1925.